List of contemporary artists
This is a list of contemporary artists , i.e. whose peak of activity can be situated somewhere between the 1970s (the advent of postmodernism ) and the present day. Artists in this list have proven their importance because their work has been shown in contemporary art exhibitions of worldwide importance, such as the documenta or the Venice Biennale , the Sao Paulo Art Biennial or exhibited in major modern or contemporary art museums and institutes.
There may be some overlap with the list of modern artists , since it is difficult to define the boundaries between modern and contemporary art .
See also: Art , List of painters , List of modern artists
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Marina Abramovic , (born 1946), performance artist
Vito Acconci , (born 1940)
Eija-Lisa Ahtila , (born 1959), video artist
Chantal Akerman , (born 1950), filmmaker
Carl Andre , (born 1935), sculptor
Ran Andrews , (born 1956), expressionist painter
Marjut Anttonen , (born 1970), painter, installation artist
Nobuyoshi Araki
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Laurie Anderson
Art & Language
Ismail Acar , (born 1971)
Carla Accardi , (born 1924)
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John Baldessari
Matthew Barney , (born 1967), filmmaker
Vanessa Beecroft , (born 1969)
Dennis Bellone , painter and video artist
ijosé benin , (born 1973), video artist and painter
Guillaume Bijl , (born 1946), installation artist
Alighiero Boetti , (Torino 1954 - Roma 1994)
Louise Bourgeois , (born 1911), sculptor
Montien Boonma , (1953 - 2000), installation artist
Stuart Brisley , performance artist
Troy Brauntuch , (born 1954)
Chris Burden , (born 1946)
Elena Bajo , (born 1972 Madrid, Spain) installation, performance, New York, London
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Hans Haacke , (born 1936)
Richard Hamilton , (born 1922)
Mona Hatoum
Gary Hill , (born 1951), video artist
Tatu Hiltunen , (born 1977), photographer
Damien Hirst , (born 1965), installation artist
Roy Hopiavuori , painter
Pierre Huyghe , (born 1962), media artist
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Ilya Kabakov , (born 1933), installation artist
Hanns-Christian Kaiser , (born 1969), painter
Anish Kapoor
Lena Karpinsky , (born 1961), painter
On Kawara
Solomon Keal , (born 1977), composer
Mike Kelley , (born 1954)
Anselm Kiefer , (born 1945), painter
Martin Kippenberger , (1953-1997)
Jeff Koons
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Miltos Manetas
Javier Marchán , (born 1967), media/installation artist
Brice Marden
Melek Mazici
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Annette Messager , (born 1943)
Stani Michiels , (born 1973)
Ricardo Miranda Zuniga
Jonathan Monk , (born 1969), installation, film, post-conceptual artist
Juan Muñoz , (1953-2001)
Antoni Muntadas , (born 1942)
Takashi Murakami , (born 1962), sculptor/painter
Linda Mears , (born 1949), painter
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Arthur OMAR , (born 1948), brazilian contemporary artist -video artist, photographer, filmmaker, installation artist
Gabriel Orozco , (born 1962)
Tony Oursler , (born 1957), video artist
Yoko Ono , (born 1933), musician, artist
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Giorgio Sadotti , (born 1955)
David Salle , (born 1952), painter.
Richard Serra , (born 1939), sculptor
Paula Sigley , (born 1970), painter and sculptor
Mitchell Sipus
Erik-Christopher Seidenglanz , (born 1980) conceptual artist
Cary Smith
Jessica Stockholder
Ross Straight , painter and sculptor
Meg Stuart , (born 1965), choreographer
Frank Stella , (born 1936), painter and sculptor
George Sutherland , painter
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Italo Zuffi (born 1969), installation artist, photographer
Andrea Zittel (born 1965), installation artist
